Percentage of people who answered “a lot” or “some” to the question: How much do you, personally, know about science? Do you know a lot, some, not much, or nothing at all?
| Country | |
|---|---|
| United States | 83.4% |
| Norway | 81.7% |
| Turkmenistan | 79.7% |
| Denmark | 76.8% |
| France | 75.2% |
| Luxembourg | 74.8% |
| Northern Cyprus | 73.7% |
| Canada | 73.2% |
| Sweden | 73.0% |
| Armenia | 72.6% |
| Spain | 72.3% |
| Belarus | 72.0% |
| Germany | 72.0% |
| Switzerland | 71.2% |
| Slovenia | 70.6% |
| Belgium | 69.7% |
| Ukraine | 69.3% |
| United Kingdom | 68.1% |
| Finland | 67.3% |
| Poland | 66.6% |
| Azerbaijan | 66.4% |
| Portugal | 65.5% |
| Iran | 65.3% |
| Australia | 64.6% |
| Kenya | 64.5% |
| Montenegro | 64.4% |
| Hungary | 63.2% |
| Estonia | 62.9% |
| New Zealand | 62.6% |
| United Arab Emirates | 62.5% |
| Moldova | 62.3% |
| Sri Lanka | 62.2% |
| Turkey | 61.5% |
| Singapore | 61.4% |
| Netherlands | 61.3% |
| Lebanon | 61.1% |
| Iceland | 61.0% |
| Malta | 61.0% |
| Cyprus | 60.8% |
| Croatia | 60.3% |
| Ireland | 59.9% |
| Cameroon | 59.3% |
| Mauritius | 58.6% |
| Saudi Arabia | 58.5% |
| Russia | 58.4% |
| Palestinian Territories | 58.0% |
| Uganda | 57.6% |
| Austria | 57.6% |
| Jordan | 57.6% |
| Ivory Coast | 57.4% |
| Chad | 57.0% |
| Serbia | 57.0% |
| Georgia | 56.9% |
| Tajikistan | 56.1% |
| Philippines | 55.6% |
| Iraq | 55.3% |
| Benin | 55.1% |
| Kuwait | 54.6% |
| Lithuania | 54.4% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.3% |
| Algeria | 54.2% |
| Kazakhstan | 53.4% |
| Gabon | 53.1% |
| Ghana | 52.7% |
| Nepal | 52.2% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 51.8% |
| Peru | 51.0% |
| Romania | 50.9% |
| Macedonia | 50.9% |
| Dominican Republic | 50.8% |
| Uzbekistan | 50.7% |
| Libya | 50.6% |
| Republic of Congo | 50.5% |
| Malaysia | 50.5% |
| Haiti | 50.2% |
| Zambia | 49.7% |
| Slovakia | 49.7% |
| Bolivia | 49.1% |
| Namibia | 48.7% |
| Tunisia | 48.7% |
| Bangladesh | 47.6% |
| South Korea | 47.5% |
| Guinea | 47.3% |
| Tanzania | 47.2% |
| Burkina Faso | 47.2% |
| Italy | 47.1% |
| Kosovo | 47.1% |
| India | 47.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 46.9% |
| Czech Republic | 46.7% |
| Taiwan | 45.6% |
| Ethiopia | 45.1% |
| Israel | 45.0% |
| Panama | 44.8% |
| Latvia | 44.7% |
| Nicaragua | 44.3% |
| Togo | 44.3% |
| Morocco | 43.7% |
| Bulgaria | 43.7% |
| Argentina | 43.4% |
| Mali | 42.8% |
| Uruguay | 42.8% |
| Afghanistan | 42.3% |
| Costa Rica | 42.1% |
| Venezuela | 41.7% |
| Ecuador | 41.7% |
| Liberia | 41.6% |
| Mexico | 41.3% |
| Nigeria | 41.1% |
| Chile | 41.0% |
| Mauritania | 40.7% |
| Egypt | 40.3% |
| Botswana | 39.5% |
| Comoros | 39.4% |
| Senegal | 39.3% |
| Mongolia | 39.3% |
| Greece | 39.0% |
| Burundi | 38.4% |
| Colombia | 38.3% |
| Mozambique | 38.2% |
| Pakistan | 37.8% |
| Albania | 37.2% |
| Indonesia | 36.9% |
| Paraguay | 36.4% |
| Thailand | 36.2% |
| Japan | 35.8% |
| El Salvador | 35.5% |
| Honduras | 34.9% |
| Yemen | 34.8% |
| Guatemala | 33.9% |
| Madagascar | 33.5% |
| South Africa | 33.1% |
| Eswatini | 31.5% |
| Laos | 30.2% |
| Myanmar | 29.8% |
| Cambodia | 28.2% |
| Brazil | 28.0% |
| Niger | 27.2% |
| The Gambia | 23.8% |
| Sierra Leone | 23.1% |
| Vietnam | 22.7% |
| Malawi | 22.5% |
| China | 21.6% |
| Rwanda | 12.0% |
Flash Facts
Americans had the highest percentage of respondents who perceived themselves as being knowledgeable about science (~83%); however, around 10% of respondents disagreed on the safety of vaccines and about 5% of respondents disputed vaccines’ effectiveness.
Flash Facts
Surveyed respondents from Egypt expressed some of the least disbelief in the effectiveness (~0.5%) and safety (~0.3%) amongst all respondents. This stands in stark contrast to the United States.
| Country | Region | safe | effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Americas | 0.101729400 | 0.049847406 |
| Egypt | Africa | 0.003021148 | 0.005035247 |
| Morocco | Africa | 0.032719836 | 0.040899796 |
| Lebanon | Middle East | 0.032258065 | 0.012096774 |
| Saudi Arabia | Middle East | 0.043112513 | 0.037854890 |
| Jordan | Middle East | 0.031600408 | 0.025484200 |
| Turkey | Middle East | 0.065388952 | 0.033821871 |
| Pakistan | Asia | 0.047493404 | 0.048812665 |
| Indonesia | Asia | 0.057803468 | 0.117052023 |
| Bangladesh | Asia | 0.008146640 | 0.004073320 |
| United Kingdom | Europe | 0.080578512 | 0.025826446 |
| France | Europe | 0.317574512 | 0.159301131 |
| Germany | Europe | 0.143611404 | 0.038014784 |
| Netherlands | Europe | 0.184119678 | 0.120828539 |
| Belgium | Europe | 0.214893617 | 0.056382979 |
| Spain | Europe | 0.054655870 | 0.046558704 |
| Italy | Europe | 0.136226034 | 0.049445005 |
| Poland | Former Soviet Union | 0.060254925 | 0.042873696 |
| Hungary | Former Soviet Union | 0.025078370 | 0.014629049 |
| Czech Republic | Former Soviet Union | 0.061475410 | 0.026639344 |
| Romania | Former Soviet Union | 0.109473684 | 0.051578947 |
| Sweden | Europe | 0.108850458 | 0.025432350 |
| Greece | Europe | 0.041237113 | 0.024742268 |
| Denmark | Europe | 0.089770355 | 0.043841336 |
| Iran | Middle East | 0.083155650 | 0.020255864 |
| Singapore | Asia | 0.028368794 | 0.022458629 |
| Japan | Asia | 0.081654295 | 0.028632025 |
| China | Asia | 0.078598485 | 0.029356061 |
| India | Asia | 0.020779221 | 0.018923933 |
| Venezuela | Americas | 0.037861915 | 0.022271715 |
| Brazil | Americas | 0.092729189 | 0.066385669 |
| Mexico | Americas | 0.067849687 | 0.054279749 |
| Nigeria | Africa | 0.060606061 | 0.167272727 |
| Kenya | Africa | 0.047097481 | 0.074479737 |
| Tanzania | Africa | 0.018162393 | 0.035256410 |
| Israel | Middle East | 0.047047047 | 0.017017017 |
| Palestinian Territories | Middle East | 0.027411168 | 0.019289340 |
| Ghana | Africa | 0.039215686 | 0.046218487 |
| Uganda | Africa | 0.087320574 | 0.129186603 |
| Benin | Africa | 0.150497512 | 0.078358209 |
| Madagascar | Africa | 0.107142857 | 0.057142857 |
| Malawi | Africa | 0.028280543 | 0.018099548 |
| South Africa | Africa | 0.087470449 | 0.113475177 |
| Canada | Americas | 0.083753784 | 0.062563068 |
| Australia | Asia | 0.060081466 | 0.032586558 |
| Philippines | Asia | 0.142245989 | 0.098395722 |
| Sri Lanka | Asia | 0.071354705 | 0.028955533 |
| Vietnam | Asia | 0.090702948 | 0.031746032 |
| Thailand | Asia | 0.028169014 | 0.023047375 |
| Cambodia | Asia | 0.053167421 | 0.018099548 |
| Laos | Asia | 0.020676692 | 0.009398496 |
| Myanmar | Asia | 0.036885246 | 0.022540984 |
| New Zealand | Asia | 0.093429158 | 0.060574949 |
| Botswana | Africa | 0.092233010 | 0.041262136 |
| Ethiopia | Africa | 0.030832477 | 0.015416238 |
| Mali | Africa | 0.161603888 | 0.054678007 |
| Mauritania | Africa | 0.102747909 | 0.046594982 |
| Mozambique | Africa | 0.052801724 | 0.095905172 |
| Niger | Africa | 0.073407202 | 0.040166205 |
| Rwanda | Africa | 0.017857143 | 0.008333333 |
| Senegal | Africa | 0.142690058 | 0.095906433 |
| Zambia | Africa | 0.085967130 | 0.097345133 |
| South Korea | Asia | 0.069082673 | 0.021517554 |
| Taiwan | Asia | 0.189516129 | 0.068548387 |
| Afghanistan | Asia | 0.045317221 | 0.019133938 |
| Belarus | Former Soviet Union | 0.154078550 | 0.099697885 |
| Georgia | Asia | 0.092378753 | 0.046189376 |
| Kazakhstan | Asia | 0.110871905 | 0.058127018 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Asia | 0.094316808 | 0.078597340 |
| Moldova | Former Soviet Union | 0.112526539 | 0.080679406 |
| Russia | Former Soviet Union | 0.234239130 | 0.122282609 |
| Ukraine | Former Soviet Union | 0.159282700 | 0.078059072 |
| Burkina Faso | Africa | 0.211943794 | 0.090163934 |
| Cameroon | Africa | 0.153439153 | 0.089947090 |
| Sierra Leone | Africa | 0.041758242 | 0.046153846 |
| Zimbabwe | Africa | 0.040632054 | 0.019187359 |
| Costa Rica | Americas | 0.051255230 | 0.046025105 |
| Albania | Europe | 0.153846154 | 0.084023669 |
| Algeria | Africa | 0.106951872 | 0.078074866 |
| Argentina | Americas | 0.046680498 | 0.033195021 |
| Armenia | Asia | 0.207525656 | 0.131128848 |
| Austria | Europe | 0.209932280 | 0.111738149 |
| Azerbaijan | Asia | 0.107960742 | 0.082878953 |
| Bolivia | Americas | 0.122844828 | 0.077586207 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | 0.079089924 | 0.058504875 |
| Bulgaria | Former Soviet Union | 0.154175589 | 0.074946467 |
| Burundi | Africa | 0.058568330 | 0.031453362 |
| Chad | Africa | 0.115020298 | 0.086603518 |
| Chile | Americas | 0.114503817 | 0.066521265 |
| Colombia | Americas | 0.100108814 | 0.072905332 |
| Comoros | Africa | 0.084444444 | 0.026666667 |
| Republic of Congo | Africa | 0.184243964 | 0.039390089 |
| Croatia | Europe | 0.073684211 | 0.045263158 |
| Cyprus | Europe | 0.078296703 | 0.046703297 |
| Dominican Republic | Americas | 0.040201005 | 0.022613065 |
| Ecuador | Americas | 0.058441558 | 0.064935065 |
| El Salvador | Americas | 0.115342764 | 0.079434168 |
| Estonia | Europe | 0.127705628 | 0.062770563 |
| Finland | Europe | 0.077386935 | 0.041206030 |
| Gabon | Africa | 0.269151139 | 0.112836439 |
| Guatemala | Americas | 0.075739645 | 0.067455621 |
| Guinea | Africa | 0.154121864 | 0.072879331 |
| Haiti | Americas | 0.212276215 | 0.094629156 |
| Honduras | Americas | 0.057522124 | 0.050884956 |
| Iceland | Europe | 0.212809917 | 0.014462810 |
| Iraq | Middle East | 0.045348837 | 0.036046512 |
| Ireland | Europe | 0.079581152 | 0.034554974 |
| Ivory Coast | Africa | 0.180540541 | 0.080000000 |
| Kuwait | Middle East | 0.039908780 | 0.026225770 |
| Latvia | Europe | 0.169715447 | 0.099593496 |
| Liberia | Africa | 0.023379384 | 0.287991498 |
| Libya | Africa | 0.071428571 | 0.046875000 |
| Lithuania | Europe | 0.079046424 | 0.038895859 |
| Luxembourg | Europe | 0.136652542 | 0.056144068 |
| Macedonia | Europe | 0.125263158 | 0.076842105 |
| Malaysia | Asia | 0.029459902 | 0.045826514 |
| Malta | Europe | 0.067524116 | 0.050375134 |
| Mauritius | Africa | 0.163580247 | 0.049382716 |
| Mongolia | Asia | 0.150641026 | 0.054487179 |
| Montenegro | Europe | 0.131216931 | 0.071957672 |
| Namibia | Africa | 0.109737249 | 0.159196291 |
| Nepal | Asia | 0.039719626 | 0.068925234 |
| Nicaragua | Americas | 0.028846154 | 0.036324786 |
| Norway | Europe | 0.061936937 | 0.028153153 |
| Panama | Americas | 0.049653580 | 0.055427252 |
| Paraguay | Americas | 0.070374574 | 0.073779796 |
| Peru | Americas | 0.175704989 | 0.151843818 |
| Portugal | Europe | 0.049494949 | 0.083838384 |
| Serbia | Europe | 0.080578512 | 0.045454545 |
| Slovakia | Former Soviet Union | 0.055180180 | 0.022522523 |
| Slovenia | Europe | 0.118101545 | 0.078366446 |
| Eswatini | Africa | 0.103938731 | 0.072210066 |
| Switzerland | Europe | 0.224554040 | 0.091290661 |
| Tajikistan | Asia | 0.013001083 | 0.009750813 |
| The Gambia | Africa | 0.050847458 | 0.050847458 |
| Togo | Africa | 0.247560976 | 0.102439024 |
| Tunisia | Africa | 0.046822742 | 0.031215162 |
| Turkmenistan | Asia | 0.042334096 | 0.048054920 |
| United Arab Emirates | Middle East | 0.045103093 | 0.037371134 |
| Uruguay | Americas | 0.096875000 | 0.067708333 |
| Uzbekistan | Asia | 0.035203520 | 0.013201320 |
| Yemen | Middle East | 0.035282258 | 0.036290323 |
| Kosovo | Not assigned | 0.057734205 | 0.054466231 |
| Northern Cyprus | Not assigned | 0.041000000 | 0.016000000 |
Proportion of people who believed vaccines are safe.
| Country | Vaccine Belief |
|---|---|
| Asia | |
| Bangladesh | 97.7% |
| India | 95.8% |
| Afghanistan | 94.2% |
| Thailand | 93.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 92.3% |
| Myanmar | 92.1% |
| Laos | 92.1% |
| Tajikistan | 91.1% |
| Nepal | 90.9% |
| Malaysia | 90.2% |
| Cambodia | 89.8% |
| Turkmenistan | 87.4% |
| Pakistan | 86.7% |
| Sri Lanka | 86.6% |
| Australia | 85.2% |
| Indonesia | 84.4% |
| Philippines | 78.0% |
| Singapore | 75.3% |
| Mongolia | 74.8% |
| New Zealand | 74.6% |
| China | 74.1% |
| Vietnam | 73.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 71.2% |
| Georgia | 68.6% |
| Azerbaijan | 63.5% |
| Taiwan | 53.9% |
| South Korea | 51.8% |
| Kazakhstan | 44.2% |
| Armenia | 43.6% |
| Japan | 34.4% |
| Middle East | |
| Palestinian Territories | 92.1% |
| Jordan | 90.8% |
| Iraq | 89.7% |
| Kuwait | 86.9% |
| Lebanon | 85.0% |
| Yemen | 84.7% |
| United Arab Emirates | 83.5% |
| Saudi Arabia | 82.4% |
| Turkey | 79.6% |
| Israel | 75.6% |
| Iran | 68.0% |
| Americas | |
| Nicaragua | 93.5% |
| Venezuela | 92.3% |
| Dominican Republic | 90.8% |
| Mexico | 88.5% |
| Honduras | 88.3% |
| Argentina | 87.1% |
| Costa Rica | 87.1% |
| Panama | 86.4% |
| Guatemala | 86.3% |
| Ecuador | 84.7% |
| Colombia | 81.7% |
| Brazil | 81.1% |
| El Salvador | 77.4% |
| Paraguay | 77.2% |
| Canada | 76.6% |
| United States | 75.8% |
| Bolivia | 75.2% |
| Chile | 75.1% |
| Uruguay | 74.0% |
| Haiti | 70.1% |
| Peru | 69.8% |
| Africa | |
| Egypt | 97.1% |
| Liberia | 96.5% |
| Ethiopia | 95.7% |
| Tanzania | 95.6% |
| Rwanda | 94.2% |
| Sierra Leone | 92.9% |
| Malawi | 92.8% |
| Kenya | 90.8% |
| Mozambique | 89.9% |
| Nigeria | 89.2% |
| Burundi | 88.5% |
| Comoros | 87.9% |
| The Gambia | 87.3% |
| Ghana | 86.4% |
| Zimbabwe | 85.9% |
| Niger | 85.2% |
| Madagascar | 84.4% |
| Uganda | 84.3% |
| Namibia | 83.9% |
| Zambia | 81.7% |
| Chad | 81.2% |
| South Africa | 81.1% |
| Botswana | 80.8% |
| Benin | 80.6% |
| Morocco | 78.9% |
| Tunisia | 78.3% |
| Guinea | 78.3% |
| Libya | 78.2% |
| Ivory Coast | 75.9% |
| Eswatini | 74.9% |
| Republic of Congo | 73.8% |
| Mauritania | 73.7% |
| Senegal | 73.0% |
| Cameroon | 72.4% |
| Mali | 69.7% |
| Burkina Faso | 67.9% |
| Algeria | 64.9% |
| Mauritius | 61.0% |
| Gabon | 60.8% |
| Togo | 53.8% |
| Europe | |
| Spain | 82.5% |
| Norway | 82.1% |
| Portugal | 80.5% |
| Malta | 78.3% |
| United Kingdom | 77.4% |
| Greece | 76.9% |
| Ireland | 76.9% |
| Finland | 76.7% |
| Italy | 75.1% |
| Sweden | 72.6% |
| Slovenia | 71.6% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.9% |
| Denmark | 70.5% |
| Luxembourg | 69.3% |
| Serbia | 67.8% |
| Netherlands | 67.3% |
| Germany | 66.7% |
| Cyprus | 64.1% |
| Iceland | 62.4% |
| Albania | 61.5% |
| Belgium | 60.9% |
| Croatia | 58.0% |
| Austria | 55.8% |
| Macedonia | 55.2% |
| Lithuania | 53.5% |
| Switzerland | 51.9% |
| France | 50.9% |
| Estonia | 48.6% |
| Montenegro | 44.6% |
| Latvia | 44.2% |
| Former Soviet Union | |
| Hungary | 78.9% |
| Poland | 76.4% |
| Slovakia | 74.2% |
| Czech Republic | 65.2% |
| Romania | 64.8% |
| Russia | 43.7% |
| Moldova | 43.0% |
| Bulgaria | 39.4% |
| Belarus | 37.8% |
| Ukraine | 30.2% |